What color is #17B217?

#17B217 is a moderate green, closest to the named color Try Your Luck. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #17B217?

The RGB value is 23, 178, 23: 23 red, 178 green and 23 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #17B217?

The complementary color is #B217B2, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #17B217?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 and white text 2.83:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#17B217 color

#17B217 rgb(23, 178, 23)

Shades of green

The hex color #17B217 is a moderate green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 9% red, 69.8% green and 9% blue (23, 178, 23).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 77% saturation and 39% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 87% cyan, 0% magenta, 87% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is Try Your Luck (#34B334), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.42:1).

#17B217 color codes

HEX	`#17B217`
RGB	`rgb(23, 178, 23)`
RGB percent	`rgb(9%, 69.8%, 9%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 77%, 39%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 87%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(87%, 0%, 87%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.41, -63.78, 60.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.41, 87.72, 136.64)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.427, 32.083, 6.137)`
Decimal	`1552919`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #17B217, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #17B217	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.42:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.83:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#17B217 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.83:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.42:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #17B217 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #17b217; }
.text { color: #17b217; }
.border { border: 2px solid #17b217; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(23 178 23 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #17b217, #17b265); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Kelly Green.

Questions

What color is #17B217?: #17B217 is a moderate green, closest to the named color Try Your Luck. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #17B217?: The RGB value is 23, 178, 23: 23 red, 178 green and 23 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #17B217?: The complementary color is #B217B2, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #17B217?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 and white text 2.83:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.